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Daily Sketching – Week 73

Here are the sketches from last week. not delighted with this week’s offerings but some weeks are like that:

Sunday:

Monday:

Tuesday:

Wednesday:

Thursday:

Friday:

Saturday:

that’s it for this week.

Daily Sketching is a weekly project for 2012. You can see a detailed post on my sketching journey here.

There’s something magical about seeing the people you love, love each other

This is a layout I made for Maya Road for CHA.

And the journaling says:
I love the two of you more than anyone can love anyone else. And when you grow up you’ll see that there’s something wonderful about having people you love, love each other and hug each other. I cannot tell you the joy it brings me when I see you two hug and and kiss and show each other affection. I hope hope hope that it continues forever. And I will not take any of these moments for granted. I love you so much!

details:

Weekly Diary – September 1 2012

This week’s all about the few days we spent in Santa Cruz. Our short vacation was absolutely blissful. Here are some snapshots from our week:

Watching the seals.

and trying to smile at mommy at the same time.

the older one was more interested in the seals than mommy’s camera.

well they both loved them. so did i.

i still snapped a few of the boys while we were outside.

we went hiking together.

there was piggyback-riding.

which David loved.

the path had a little stream in the middle so we had to get creative.

Jake made sure the little one made it over easily as I snapped photos.

they just had a blast (even despite the whining).

we even found the awesome banana slug.

then we went to the boardwalk.

which both kids loved.

and then more hiking.

nathaniel ran from tree to tree to make sure he could find them in order.

there was bickering.

and mom-encouraged hugging to make up.

some resting and posing for photos.

a close up of the joy of my life.

especially when he smiles at me.

and the other joy, too, of course.

and next thing you know vacation was over and we were home taking family shots.

it was so nice and relaxing (until we came home and i mistakenly checked my work-email).

and we ended the week’s photos with tickle-time of course.

and here we go. i hope your week was lovely, too.

Weekly Diary is a project for 2012. You can read more about it here.

Journey into Collage – Week 35

The title says: Try something new.

Journey into Collage is a project for 2012. You can read more about it here.

Art Journaling – Arches Printmaking Set 18

Here are some more pages I did:

The full text reads: do not bottle up your feelings. (I used this beautiful art as a guide.)

And here’s the next page:

The full text reads: all you have is now; do not waste it.

Well here we go. More coming next week.

I am creating multiple art journaling pages a week for now. You can read more about this project here. This set uses the Fabriano Roma papers.

The Savor Project – Week 33

And here’s the spread for week 33:

here’s a closer up of the left side:

This side is the legos the boys got for being super-awesome while I had so much work. The second column is jake and I seeing Magic Mike and then Nathaniel looking through my collage book.

And here’s the right side:

The first one here is David reading science fiction on the reader. Then Nathaniel being who he is and just finding his way. And then one about me and how I am finally feeling better.

Art along the bottom as usual.

Another great week. Happy Savoring.

The Savor Project was supposed to be a weekly project for 2012. You can read about my setup here.

A Book a Week – Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

I listened to Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close because I wanted to see the movie. It was an interesting book but in the end i found it sad and I am not sure that I am glad I read it. There are parts I loved but it was sad enough, for me, that I decided not to see the movie after all. Maybe it was exceptionally sad for me cause I lived through Sept 11 in new york but either way.

If sad doesn’t bother you, it is a beautiful book.

Daily Sketching – Week 72